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Domain Price Increase For Domain Resellers

Laurence (aka NexDog) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:13:55 +0000

Just a quick post to let you know that Verisign once again raised the prices for all TLDs they control and in turn Enom also raised their prices for ALL TLDs by $0.50. Asthe profit margin on reseller sales is so small we have no choice but to pass this increase along to our Domain Resellers. All TLDs have been increased by $0.50. The reseller tier is now $9.95 for .com, .net and .org.

We have not raised prices on retail domains which remain at $12.95/yr.

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Epic Fraud Attempt – from Charlie Sheen!

Laurence (aka NexDog) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:52:52 +0000

This is too good not to share.

We received an order today that got flagged by our anti-fraud system. The order was from “James Shropshire” and domain “free4k54ca.com”. We did our usual follow-up which asks the client to send in a scanned copy of a photo ID. We received a response from “quai vat san”:

Hi,
Thank for rour email, this is my scanned driver license
I hope my account will be active soon
Thanks,

And the ID:

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Epic Fraud Attempt – from Charlie Sheen!

Merry Christmas from HostNexus

Laurence (aka NexDog) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:28:44 +0000

On behalf of all the staff here at HostNexus I’d like to wish all our clients a most Merry Christmas and wish you all the very best for 2012. It’s been a crazy year all over the world and one can only hope that 2012 brings stability, peace and stability to this fragile planet and all who dwell here. Best of luck in 2012 – let’s hope the Mayans are wrong.

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Hurricane Irene May Hit Data Center

Laurence (aka NexDog) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:55:21 +0000

As you may know, Hurricane Irene, the first Hurricane to threaten the North East in quite a few years, is currently projected to produce 100mph winds at our Clifton (NJ) facility at some point this weekend. Irene has the otential to be a serious and multi-hazard threat for the major metropolitan areas of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. This hurricane has the potential to produce flooding rains, high winds, downed trees (on houses, cars, power lines) and widespread power outages. We have taken all of the necessary precautions to prepare for this and any disaster. The generators have been tested and fuel levels have been verified. Backup fuel has been secured and moved to a safe site, close to the data center, in the event of extended power interruption. Arangements have been made to make sure extra staff are available on site and we have additional staff local to the facility on standby if needed. We have also verified all outdoor equipment is secure and the roof is free of any debris that could potentially get picked up by the wind.

We are confident in the data center’s preparations and our ability to provide you the outstanding service you have come to expect from us, even in the event of a major natural disaster.

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Discontinuing Nameservers

Laurence (aka NexDog) — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:36:39 +0000

We are discontinuing a few old nameservers on our Linux servers. Basically all the “control-access.com” nameservers are being discontinued and you need to make sure you are using the “dns-shield.com” nameservers.

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ARIES

ns11.dns-shield.com
ns12.dns-shield.com

DISCONTINUING
ns.control-access6.com
ns2.control-access6.com
ns.control-access10.com
ns2.control-access10.com

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TAURUS

ns13.dns-shield.com
ns14.dns-shield.com

DISCONTINUING
ns.control-access3.com
ns2.control-access3.com
ns.control-access12.com
ns2.control-access12.com

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CANCER

ns15.dns-shield.com
ns16.dns-shield.com

DISCONTINUING
ns.control-access4.com
ns2.control-access4.com
ns.control-access16.com
ns2.control-access16.com

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LEO

ns17.dns-shield.com
ns18.dns-shield.com

DISCONTINUING
ns.control-access.com
ns2.control-access.com
ns.control-access14.com
ns2.control-access14.com

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VIRGO

ns19.dns-shield.com
ns20.dns-shield.com

DISCONTINUING
ns.control-access2.com
ns2.control-access2.com
ns.control-access11.com
ns2.control-access11.com

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BETA

ns23.dns-shield.com
ns24.dns-shield.com

DISCONTINUING
ns.control-access7.com
ns2.control-access7.com
ns.hostnexus7.com
ns2.hostnexus7.com

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ZETA

ns25.dns-shield.com
ns26.dns-shield.com

DISCONTINUING
ns.control-access5.com
ns2.control-access5.com

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THETA

ns27.dns-shield.com
ns28.dns-shield.com

DISCONTINUING
ns.control-access9.com
ns2.control-access9.com

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OMIKRON

ns29.dns-shield.com
ns30.dns-shield.com

DISCONTINUING
ns.control-access8.com
ns2.control-access8.com

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We are just letting these domains expire over the next year with the first domains expiring end of May so please make sure you change nameservers within 2 months to avoid any issues.

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